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Wiley, Israel Journal of Chemistry, 7-8(62), 2021

DOI: 10.1002/ijch.202100079

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The Impact of Chiral Citronellyl‐Functionalization on Indolenine and Anilino Squaraine Thin Films

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Abstract

AbstractThe impact on chiral aggregation in solution processed and thermally annealed thin films of two indolenine and one anilino squaraines with chiral (S)‐citronellyl functionalization at the nitrogen of the squaraine backbone is investigated. A pseudo polymorphic crystal structure is obtained for one of the indolenine squaraines, but thin films of both compounds are basically non‐aggregated and truly isotropic as evidenced by spectroscopic ellipsometry. The anilino squaraine coalesces and readily aggregates to circular dichroic but discontinuous thin films. The extent of circular dichroism correlates with the morphology of the samples, which is quantified by Mueller matrix polarimetry in combination with atomic force microscopy. The shape of the CD spectra reinforces the hybrid Frenkel and charge‐transfer excitonic nature of the characteristic double hump signatures within unpolarized absorbance spectra of previously investigated non‐chiral anilino squaraines with linear alkyl chain functionalization. Such excitonic CD offers an additional design parameter for next‐generation opto‐electronic devices.